[Fritillaries: The Genus Fritillaria West of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Checker Lily, Chocolate Lily, Mission Bells

Fritillaria affinis

Synonyms: Fritillaria affinis ssp. affinis, Fritillaria afinis var. affinis, Fritillaria lanceolata

Close-up of a flower of Checker Lily, Chocolate Lily, Mission Bells: Fritillaria affinis (Synonyms: Fritillaria affinis ssp. affinis, Fritillaria afinis var. affinis, Fritillaria lanceolata) - Checker Lily, Chocolate Lily, Mission Bells: Fritillaria affinis (Synonyms: Fritillaria affinis ssp. affinis, Fritillaria afinis var. affinis, Fritillaria lanceolata)

Chocolate lily as seen at left at the Rough and Ready Botanical Wayside in southwestern Oregon........April 29, 2012. The photo at right shows a chocolate lily blooming at the Days Gulch Botanical Area a mile or so southwest of Eight Dollar Mountain, Josephine County, OR......April 21, 2021.

Checker Lily, Chocolate Lily, Mission Bells: Fritillaria affinis (Synonyms: Fritillaria affinis ssp. affinis, Fritillaria afinis var. affinis, Fritillaria lanceolata) - Checker Lily, Chocolate Lily, Mission Bells: Fritillaria affinis (Synonyms: Fritillaria affinis ssp. affinis, Fritillaria afinis var. affinis, Fritillaria lanceolata) - Checker Lily, Chocolate Lily, Mission Bells: Fritillaria affinis (Synonyms: Fritillaria affinis ssp. affinis, Fritillaria afinis var. affinis, Fritillaria lanceolata)

Close-up of a flower of Checker Lily, Chocolate Lily, Mission Bells: Fritillaria affinis (Synonyms: Fritillaria affinis ssp. affinis, Fritillaria afinis var. affinis, Fritillaria lanceolata) - Close-up of the floral parts of Checker Lily, Chocolate Lily, Mission Bells: Fritillaria affinis (Synonyms: Fritillaria affinis ssp. affinis, Fritillaria afinis var. affinis, Fritillaria lanceolata)

Chocolate lily as seen at Rough and Ready Botanical Wayside in southwestern Oregon............April 29, 2012.

Flower of Checker Lily, Chocolate Lily, Mission Bells: Fritillaria affinis (Synonyms: Fritillaria affinis ssp. affinis, Fritillaria afinis var. affinis, Fritillaria lanceolata) - Outer surface of the tepals of Checker Lily, Chocolate Lily, Mission Bells: Fritillaria affinis (Synonyms: Fritillaria affinis ssp. affinis, Fritillaria afinis var. affinis, Fritillaria lanceolata)

Close-ups of the flowers of chocolate lily as seen high on the steep slopes of Saddle Mountain in the northern Oregon Coast Range.........May 21, 2009.

Checker Lily, Chocolate Lily, Mission Bells: Fritillaria affinis (Synonyms: Fritillaria affinis ssp. affinis, Fritillaria afinis var. affinis, Fritillaria lanceolata) - Checker Lily, Chocolate Lily, Mission Bells: Fritillaria affinis (Synonyms: Fritillaria affinis ssp. affinis, Fritillaria afinis var. affinis, Fritillaria lanceolata)

Chocolate lily as seen along the trail up Upper Table Rock near Medford, Oregon..........April 28, 2012.

Checker Lily, Chocolate Lily, Mission Bells: Fritillaria affinis (Synonyms: Fritillaria affinis ssp. affinis, Fritillaria afinis var. affinis, Fritillaria lanceolata) - Checker Lily, Chocolate Lily, Mission Bells: Fritillaria affinis (Synonyms: Fritillaria affinis ssp. affinis, Fritillaria afinis var. affinis, Fritillaria lanceolata)

Chocolate lily as seen at mid-elevations on vernally moist balds along the Saddle Mountain Trail in the Coast Range of northwestern Oregon.........May 2, 2016.

Checker Lily, Chocolate Lily, Mission Bells: Fritillaria affinis (Synonyms: Fritillaria affinis ssp. affinis, Fritillaria afinis var. affinis, Fritillaria lanceolata) - Checker Lily, Chocolate Lily, Mission Bells: Fritillaria affinis (Synonyms: Fritillaria affinis ssp. affinis, Fritillaria afinis var. affinis, Fritillaria lanceolata)

Chocolate lily as seen at left along an oak woodland trail in Nob Hill Park, St. Helens, OR.......April 3, 2016. The photo at right shows chocolate lily in bloom at Rough and Ready Botanical Wayside south of Cave Junction, OR.....April 22, 2021.

Paul Slichter